Lea County Jal Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Lea County | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Jal, New Mexico | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,118 ft / 950 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°07′52″N 103°09′17″W / 32.13111°N 103.15472°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | leacounty.net/jalairport.htm | ||||||||||||||
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Lea County Jal Airport[2] (FAA LID: E26) is a county-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Jal, a city in Lea County, New Mexico, United States.[1]
This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2009-2013), which categorizes it as a general aviation airport.[3]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]Jal Airport covers an area of 320 acres (130 ha) at an elevation of 3,118 feet (950 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 1/19 is 4,704 by 60 feet (1,434 x 18 m) and 9/27 is 2,604 by 50 feet (794 x 15 m).
For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2023, the airport had 3,000 aircraft operations, an average of 57 per week. At that time, 9 aircraft were based here: 7 single-engine, 1 multi-engine, and 1 jet.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for E26 PDF, effective December 28, 2023.
- ^ Lea County Jal Airport Archived 2010-11-01 at the Wayback Machine. Lea County, New Mexico. Accessed 13 October 2009.
- ^ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2009-2013. Federal Aviation Administration. Published 1 Oct 2008.
External links
[edit]- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective October 31, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for E26
- AirNav airport information for E26
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for E26